Ariel shrugged. "I don't need to be anywhere right now. And it's not like I can hang out with the cheerleaders or anything. It's better to be with friends anyway!" Ariel wagged her tail one time.
Ariel's eyes shone. "Having true friends beats having so-called-friends because of popularity paws-down. Friends actually care," she said in a hushed voice, slowly opening and closing her wings.